Archaic Collection (#7)

Animal-shaped jug Archaic Greek art
Animal-shaped jug. 8th-7th c. BC. Archaic Greek art. Ceramics. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. London. The British Museum

Ionic capital Leptis Magna Libya

Bas relief at the Arch of Septimus Severus Leptis Magna Libya

Kleobis and Biton Kouros. Depiction of two athletes. Archaic Greek art. Sculpture

The Sounion kouros. Votive statue. Archaic Greek art. Sculpture on marble. Proc: GREECE. Sunion. Temple of Poseidon

Aristodikos. Funerary statue. Archaic Greek art. Sculpture on marble

Archaic hebrew script from the lintel of a tomb, c. 8th century BC
Archaic hebrew script from the lintel of a tomb near Silwan, Jerusalem. It records that this is the tomb of a Royal Steward

The Sumerian Blau Tablet, 30th century BC
The Blau Tablet, a Sumerian tablet with archaic characters that are almost the oldest found on stone, from the British Museums collection, 30th century BC

Archaic bronze figure of a horse, 6th century BC
Archaic bronze figure of a horse, from the National Museums collection in Athens, 6th century BC

Archaic metope of Apollo and Artemis, 6th century
Archaic metope of Apollo and Artemis driving horses, originally from the temple at Selinunte on Sicily, from the International Archaological Museums collection in Palermo, 6th century

Archaic Greek gold plaque of a running gorgon, 7th century BC
Gold plaque of a running gorgon from the sanctuary of temple A, at Himera near Palermo on Sicily. From the National Archaeological Museum in Palermo, 7th century BC

Archaic metope showing Actaeon and Artemis, 5th century BC
Archaic metope showing Actaeon being set on by his dogs and Artemis, from temple E at Selinunte. Made of limestone, with head and arms of Parian marble, 5th century BC

Archaic Roman stone lion, from the British Museums collection

Early Sumerian stone tables, inscribed with very early archaic pictographic symbols
Early Sumerian stone tablets, inscribed with very early archaic pictographic symbols, and one of the earliest examples of Sumerian writing. From the British Museums collection

Vase-painting of a woman spinning, 5th century BC
Greek vase-painting of a woman spinning. A white-ground figure made in Athens, 5th century BC

North American Indian Archaic Stone chipped Spear Point, Paleolithic
North American Indian Archaic Stone chipped Spear Point. Paleolithic. End of Pleistocene Period, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA

Greek relief, Agamemnon seated left with Talthybis and Epeios, c5th century BC. Fragment of a relief, maybe the armrest from the throne of a cult statue

Archaic Roman relief of Jupiter
Archaic Roman marble relief of Jupiter from the Capitoline Museums collection in Rome

Archaic Roman relief of Apollo with his lyre, from the Capitoline Museums collection in Rome

Archaic bronze of Odysseus and a ram, escaping from the cave of Polyphemus. In the Delphi Museum in Greece

Archaic bronze lion from Dodona
Laconian archaic bronze lion from the sanctuary of Zeus at Dodona, at the Museum of Ionnina, Epirus

Archaic Greek bronze of a horse and rider, 6th century BC
Archaic Greek bronze of a horse and rider in the National Museum in Athens, 6th century BC

Electrum cup with repousse decoration, Idalion, Cyprus, c8th - 7th century BC
Electrum cup with repousse decoration, Idalion, Cyprus, Cypro-Archaic Period, c8th- c7th century BC. Now in The Louvre

Skeleton of Man. Skhull Cave (Me arat Hagedi). Middle Paleolithic period. Ca. 100, 000 years before the present. 40-50 years old of the arcahic Homo Sapiens Sapiens

Four medieval scenes on a set of Christmas cards -- four friends together, a couple with lute and mistletoe, three men, and three people by a table. Date: circa 1890s

Three medieval style Christmas and New Year cards -- two couples dancing, comic swimming scene, the Old Year leaving as the New Year enters. Date: circa 1890s

Medieval scene on a Christmas card
Medieval scene with three people on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Italian Lakes - Bellinzona Street - Tall houses - bell tower - pathway. Part of Box 184 Boswell Collection - Italian Lakes

Early Classical. Satyr hunting wils Animasl. Freezes. Panthe
Early Classical. Late Archaic. Satyr hunting wils animals. Panther. From the animal frieze that used to run around the top of the podium suporting Building G. Acropolis Xanthos. Lycia. Turkey

Early Classical. Satyr wielding a tree branch. 5th BC. Lyci
Early Classical. Late Archaic. Satyr wielding a tree branch. Frieze block carved in relief, from the animal frieze that used to run around the top of the podium suporting Building G

Early Classical. Guardian Sphinxes. 5th BC. Lycian. Xanthos
Early Classical. Late Archaic. Guardian Sphinxes. Limestone. 470BC-450BC. Lycian. Xanthos, building H. Turkey. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Pyramidal Grave Stele. 5th century BC. From Sinope
Pyramidal Grave Stele. 5th century BC. Limestone. From Sinope (Sinop). Archaic Period. Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey

Greece. Archaic Period. Rampin Rider. C. 550 BC
Greece. Archaic Period. Rampin Rider. Equestrian statue. C. 550 BC. Acropolis Museum. Athens

Herma of Caryatid. Pentelic marble. Archaic style. Augustan
Roman Art. Italy. Herma of Caryatid. Detail. Pentelic marble. Archaic style. Augustan age. Found in the Gardens Maecenas near the Auditorium, Rome. Capitoline Museums. Rome. Italy

Cypriot jug. Pottery. 8th-6th centuries BC
Decorated jug. Free Field Style. Pottery. 8th-6th centuries BC. From Cyprus. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Italy. Paestum. Temple of Neptune
Greek art. Magna Grecia. Italy. Paestum. Temple of Neptune, actually dedicated to the goddess Hera. Built around 450-460 BC. Doric style. Front

Alabastra. 4th-6th century BC. Empuries. Spain
Punic alabastra in colored glass. 4th-6th centuries BC. From the Greek colony of Empuries. Archaeological Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain

East Pediments Group of the Temple of Aegina. Ca. 490 BC. D
East Pediments Group of the Temple of Aegina. Ca. 490 BC. First battle of Greeks and Trojans. Goddess Athena, center, opponent, helper and a fighting warrior. Glyptothek Museum. Munich. Germany

Central coronation of the west pediment of the Temple of Aeg
Ridge decoration of the west pediment of the Temple of Aegina. Two women and a large palmette and tendrils ornament. Ca. 500 BC. Glyptothek Museum. Munich. Germany

Shield of a trojan warrior. Temple of Aphaia. Aegina. Greece
West Pediment. Temple of Aphaia, Aegina. Shield of a trojan warrior. The emblem on the shield is a boar. Glyptothek Museum. Munich. Germany

Votive relief. About 560 BC. Three dancing women - Charites
Greek art. Archaic period. Votive relief. About 560 BC. Three dancing women - Charites (Graces), goddesses of beauty and joyfulness. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Greek Archaic. Lion. About 520 BC. Glyptothek. Munich
Greek art. Archaic style. Lion. About 520 BC. Funeray figure or votive offering in a sanctuary. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Greek art. Funerary stele depicting a potter. Early 6th cent
Greek art. Archaic period. Funerary stele depicting a potter. Early 6th century B.C. Polychromed. National Archaeological Museum. Athens

Unfinished bust of woman. 5th century BC. Greece
Unfinished bust of woman. 440-430 BC. Found in Athens. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Lion-shaped piece of game. Ivory. From a tomb in Abydos. Ear
Game piece of ivory in lion-shaped. Found in a tombs in Abydos. 1st Dynasty. Early Dynastic Period. 3000-2890 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

Finds in various tombs from Abydos. 1st Dynasty. Old Kingdom
Two game pieces of ivory in lion-shaped, a jar of alabaster, end scraper of flint and five arrow heads of bone. Found in various tombs from Abydos. 1st Dynasty. Early Dynastyc Period. 3000-2890 BC

Tomb Lion. Corinth. 600-550 B. C. Limestone. Sculpture. Greec
Tomb Lion. Corinth. 600-550 B.C. Limestone. Sculpture. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark. Europe

Reconstruction of a Lion from a greek tomb. C. 570 B. C. Pain
Reconstruction of a Lion from a greek tomb. C. 570 B.C. Detail. Painted cast, 2003. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark. Europe

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